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Construction Specialised Construction Activities Specialised Construction Activities 43.2 - Electrical, plumbing and other construction installation activities
160 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 January 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Property maintenance company Homeserve has announced plans to create 160 new jobs across its network. The new jobs follow the take over of Nottingham-based Home Energy Services. The positions will be across all the company's divisions including plumbing and heating engineering. It is understood that 30 of the jobs will be located in the North West of the country, though there is no information about the locations of the remaining jobs. The timetable for the creation of these new positions has not been reported.
Sources
29 January 2016: The business desk
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Homeserve, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 86417, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86417.
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